Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
référence de l’équipement
English translation:
equipment reference
French term
référence de l’équipement
My first reaction to this in a list (no immediate helpful context) was to say "equipment reference" but on the Internet, it is often "reference equipment"
As these two things are not the same in English ("reference number for equipment" v "well-established equipment"), I'm now in a grave state of doubt.
Can someone get me out of this state please?
Thanks
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Tony M
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Mar 13, 2017 18:15: Patrice changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, philgoddard, Patrice
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Proposed translations
equipment reference
This could not have the second meaning you suggest, i.e. piece of equipment that may be taken as a reference; in FR, that would be (e.g.) 'équipement de référence'. I do not know where you are getting this curious idea from?
However, because of the 'telegraphic' way EN can be written, perhaps you are thinking of 'reference equipment' in that way: (a) reference (for a piece of) equipment; although not standard in everyday EN for running text, it is the sort of thing you might sometimes see in list or note form.
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Note added at 17 minutes (2017-03-13 15:13:15 GMT)
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Basically, when interpreting your Internet reseults, you need to look more closely at what is being said.
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